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Hamilton, Walter, 1908-1988
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1908-1988
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Son of Walter George Hamilton and Caroline Mary Stiff; b. 10 Feb. 1908; ed. St Dunstan's Coll. Catford and Trin. Coll. Camb.; BA 1929 (1st class hons Classical Trip. Pts 1 & 2), Craven Schol. 1927, Chancellor’s Medallist 1928, Craven Student and Person Prizeman 1929; MA 1933; asst. lecturer in Classics Univ. of Manchester 1931-3; Fellow of Trinitv 1931-5 and 1946-50, Tutor 1947-50; Univ. lecturer in Classics 1947-50; asst. master Eton 1933-46, Master in College 1937-46; succeeded as Head Master of the School Jan. 1950; Chairman Headmasters’ Conference 1955 and 1956; resigned June 1957; DLitt (Durham) 1958; HM Rugby Sch. 1957-66; Master of Magdalene Coll. Camb. 1967-78; author of translations of Plato’s Symposium and Gorgias; m. 31 Mar. 1951 Jane Elizabeth, d. of Sir Robert John Formby Burrows of Limpsfield Chart, Surrey; died 8 Feb. 1988.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.
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